DR. CHARLES M. ROESSEL NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION

Assistant Secretary Kevin K. Washburn today announced that he has named Dr. Charles M. “Monty” Roessel as Director of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Roessel, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, had served as the acting director since February 2012.

The announcement came today as Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary Washburn and Director Roessell were in Laguna, New Mexico to tour a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) tribally controlled grant school located on the Pueblo of Laguna reservation.